Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 446 445 465
Rank change year-on-year -1 +20 +163
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 91 72 115
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.24% 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.72% 1.91% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 43 58
10th Percentile £406 £250 £190
25th Percentile £491 £381 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £456
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +20.55% +1.39%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £538
90th Percentile £581 £675 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 13
10th Percentile £23.90 - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile £37.13 - £30.00
90th Percentile £52.85 - £63.20
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £38.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -21.05% +52.00% +13.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,349 3,763 5,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.00% 12.30% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,160 2,175 3,403
10th Percentile £205 £225 £210
25th Percentile £356 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £606
90th Percentile £680 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 134 327
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.75 £18.34
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.22 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -17.07% -25.45% +30.95%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +20 43 £500 +17.65% 12
East of England - 17 £275 - 1
London -8 16 £525 -4.55% 2
West Midlands -19 6 £550 -2.22%
Midlands -29 6 £550 -2.22%
North of England -46 6 £413 +1.16% 3
North West - 4 - - 2
South West -1 2 £350 -36.36% 3
Yorkshire -48 1 £413 +1.16% 1
North East - 1 - -
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 22 (24.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.10%) Confluence
2 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (9.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.10%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.10%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 26 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (9.89%) Azure
3 4 (4.40%) AWS
4 2 (2.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.20%) GCP
4 2 (2.20%) OCI
5 1 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.10%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.10%) IaaS
5 1 (1.10%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.10%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.10%) PaaS
5 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (56.04%) Firewall
2 29 (31.87%) Junos
3 25 (27.47%) Cisco Firepower
4 24 (26.37%) LAN
5 23 (25.27%) Cisco ISE
5 23 (25.27%) WAN
6 18 (19.78%) BGP
6 18 (19.78%) NX-OS
7 13 (14.29%) DHCP
7 13 (14.29%) DNS
8 12 (13.19%) SD-WAN
9 10 (10.99%) Network Security
9 10 (10.99%) OSPF
9 10 (10.99%) VPN
9 10 (10.99%) WLAN
10 9 (9.89%) IOS XR
10 9 (9.89%) MPLS
10 9 (9.89%) Wireless
11 8 (8.79%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (8.79%) PuTTY
Development Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Git
2 3 (3.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (23.08%) Games
2 14 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 9 (9.89%) Manufacturing
4 7 (7.69%) Finance
5 5 (5.49%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.40%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.30%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.20%) Military
8 2 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.20%) Publishing
9 1 (1.10%) Electronics
9 1 (1.10%) Legal
Job Titles
1 51 (56.04%) Network Engineer
2 24 (26.37%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 22 (24.18%) Support Engineer
4 21 (23.08%) Platform Engineer
5 20 (21.98%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 20 (21.98%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 20 (21.98%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (21.98%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 20 (21.98%) Network Support
6 19 (20.88%) Network Support Engineer
7 15 (16.48%) 3rd Line Support
7 15 (16.48%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 9 (9.89%) Senior
9 8 (8.79%) Analyst
9 8 (8.79%) Senior Network Engineer
10 4 (4.40%) IT Support
10 4 (4.40%) Network Analyst
10 4 (4.40%) Network Support Analyst
10 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 4 (4.40%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) Jinja
2 3 (3.30%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.10%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.10%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.19%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.40%) PKI
2 4 (4.40%) Virtual Team
3 3 (3.30%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.20%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.20%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.10%) BYOD
5 1 (1.10%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.10%) EMC VMAX
5 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.10%) FMCG
5 1 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.10%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 45 (49.45%) Windows
2 26 (28.57%) Android
3 21 (23.08%) Mac OS
4 19 (20.88%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.30%) Linux
6 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.10%) VMS
6 1 (1.10%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.27%) ITSM
2 21 (23.08%) E-Commerce
3 18 (19.78%) Service Management
4 10 (10.99%) Change Management
5 9 (9.89%) Computer Science
5 9 (9.89%) Project Management
6 8 (8.79%) Load Balancing
6 8 (8.79%) Network Design
6 8 (8.79%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (6.59%) Agile
7 6 (6.59%) DevOps
7 6 (6.59%) Process Improvement
7 6 (6.59%) Task Automation
8 5 (5.49%) Network Virtualisation
9 3 (3.30%) Break/Fix
9 3 (3.30%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (3.30%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (3.30%) Defect Management
9 3 (3.30%) Network Architecture
9 3 (3.30%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (24.18%) PowerShell
2 15 (16.48%) Python
3 3 (3.30%) Bash
3 3 (3.30%) Perl
4 2 (2.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (36.26%) Security Cleared
2 27 (29.67%) DV Cleared
3 25 (27.47%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (17.58%) CCNA
4 16 (17.58%) CCNP
5 11 (12.09%) Degree
6 9 (9.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (5.49%) CCIE
7 5 (5.49%) SC Cleared
8 4 (4.40%) JNCIS
9 3 (3.30%) CCDP
10 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.10%) CCSA
10 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.49%) SLA
2 1 (1.10%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.10%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 40 (43.96%) Active Directory
2 22 (24.18%) VMware NSX
3 5 (5.49%) Firmware
4 3 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.10%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (24.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 22 (24.18%) SCCM
2 21 (23.08%) vCenter Server
3 9 (9.89%) Ansible
4 5 (5.49%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.20%) Terraform
6 1 (1.10%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 91 (100.00%) Cisco
2 35 (38.46%) Meraki
3 33 (36.26%) Microsoft
4 29 (31.87%) Juniper
5 25 (27.47%) SolarWinds
6 21 (23.08%) Splunk
7 11 (12.09%) F5
8 9 (9.89%) Palo Alto
9 5 (5.49%) ServiceNow
9 5 (5.49%) VMware
10 4 (4.40%) Arista
10 4 (4.40%) Broadcom
10 4 (4.40%) Peregrine
10 4 (4.40%) Remedy
11 3 (3.30%) Citrix
12 2 (2.20%) Ciena
12 2 (2.20%) Fortinet
12 2 (2.20%) Zscaler
13 1 (1.10%) Apple
13 1 (1.10%) Fujitsu